FM4 Reality Check Podcast

COP28 is as controversial as it is crucial. A key meeting to ween the world off fossil-fuels taking place in a fossil fuel state. We hear of oil deal scandal engulfing the presidency, but also why the COP process remains vital, we hear about a "global stocktake" and how climate scientists exerience COPs. A special show from Fm4 Klimanews' Chris Cummins. Sendungshinweis: OKFM4, 29.11.2023, 17 Uhr

The Brazilian Cerrado savannah is vital to the planet. It's stores as much carbon as a rainforest, it hosts 5% of the world's biodiversity and it is the source of most of Brazil's water, making it a lifeline for the Amazon. But it is being destroyed at a dizzying rate to grow the soybeans used as animal feed for the global meat and dairy industry. Chris Cummins has been to this threatened jewel. Sendungshinweis: OKfm4 18.10.23 18uhr

Two years in Glasgow, world leaders pledged to end global deforestation by 2030. But the latest figures show that actually deforestation rates are not decreasing but are increasing! The new Global Forest Watch An area of tropical forest the size of Switzerland was lost last year. That's 11 football pitches a minute. Brazil is the worst area and there a battle is waging between forest defenders and organized crime. With Chris Cummins Sendungshinweis Mo Show 30.07.23 8.15

At the COP15 biodviersity summit the global community agreed to protect 30% of its land and 30% of its seas by 2030. The E.U. must play its part in this effort. But the example of the Akamas Pensinsula in Cyprus shows how every hectare of protected space must be fought for. Klimanews Weekly with Chris Cummins. Sendungshinweis: OK fm4, 22.12.22 17 Uhr

As negotiators try and reach a global deal for nature at COP15, we look at where biodiversity and climate meet. The oceans are our best allies in keeping the climate stable but we are treating them very badly! A podcast with Chris Cummins - Sendungshinweis: OKFM4, 9.12.2022, 17 Uhr

Climate activists are often dismissed as "hysterical" or "eco-doom-mongerers" Chris Cummins speaks to sociologist Tobias Rüttenauer and psychologist Caroline Hickmann about how is more rational: those who throw soup or those or stick their heads in the sand?

Africa is on the frontline of the climate crisis. Will COP27, hosted on African soil, be a chance for African countries, which have so much to lose, to push for more urgency? And having suffered so much from fossil fuels, should countries such as Uganda be build new oil pipelines like EACOP?

Steve Crilley talks to Reinhard Heinisch of the University of Salzburg about the results and what they mean for the US moving forward

* Russia to annex four regionsof Ukraine * Truss government in trouble over tax cuts *

*Election deniers and the assault on US democracy* *Tensions between Iran and Iraq over death of Mahsa Amini*

*Inklusion: Demos in Austria* *Nord Stream pipelines: Sabotage?*

* Filling the sulphur gap * EU response to Italy elections * Russians fleeing to Georgia *

*Italy Elections: Far right set to form government* *The difficult question of how to handle Russians escaping the war*

*Rule of law: EU v. Hungarian government* *Bangladesh, Myanmar & the plight of the Rohingya*

* Could protests in Iran make a difference * Will unrest in Russia sway Putin? #

* Putin orders partial military mobilisation and makes a nuclear threat * * The Jackson Wild Film Festival: Richard Ladkani *

* Who are Iran's „Morality Police? * * Scientists For Future on Friday's Global Climate Strike *

*UK at standstill for funeral of Queen Elizabeth II* *Switching to renewables will make energy much cheaper*

* Putin on the back foot in meeting with Xi Jinping? * Egypt: suppression of environmentalists ahead of COP27 *

* Sweden election: Far right party to enter coalition * The Drake Equation: the chances of life on other planets *

* EU right wing extremism concerns amid multiple crises * How to bring rock samples from Mars back to earth * *

An interview with Misha Glenny, journalist, author, broadcaster and rector of the IWM in Vienna

* How will Ukrainian wins impact Putin? * Nato concerned about tensions between Turkey and Greece*

* Crown and Commonwealth * Ukraine makes gains in East * Food Forests: farming for the future *

* What the death of Queen Elizabeth II means for the UK and the world * Ars Electronica: Tools for a warming planet *

* Ars Electronica: Energiewende Linz * IAEA report on Zaphorizia nuclear plant * Ars Electronica: "we need to rethink our relationship to technology" *

* US Mid-term elections: keeping Trump in the spotlight * Italy's general election *

* Liz Truss takes over as UK Prime Minister: what will it mean for Ukraine? * Gay rights activists in Iran sentenced to death *

* EU plans to tackle soaring energy prices * Liz Truss becomes new Prime Minister of UK *

* Artemis 1 expected to launch tomorrow * NAFO: fighting Russian disinformation with memes *

* US comedien Elon Gold on Jewishness and the "cancel culture" * Why the Chinese government is afraid of the Uyghurs *

* The death of Mikhail Gorbachev *

* What Prime Minister Truss will mean for the UK and Europe * Unrest in Iraq *

Artemis: A new era in space

* An interview with Afghanistan expert Graeme Smith, senior advisor to the International Crisis Group. *

*Afghanistan 1 year on: violence, corruption & the economy* *Russian attacks on Ukraine on Independence Day*

Mariupol Defenders to be put on trial

Grain shipments from Ukraine

Pope Francis has hinted that he might retire. He would follow Pope Benedict, who is now 95. The election of a successor to Francis would mean the Catholic Church would have three living popes, and that makes some people nervous. Jan Machielsen, senior lecturer in early modern history at Cardiff University explains why.

* Russia: the assassination of Darya Dugina * Political chaos in Iraq *

* Kosovo talks hope to resolve licence plate dispute *